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In order for you to ride your motorcycle on any public road in the UK, you need a licence. Public roads in this country are those that the Environment and Regions, Department of Transport and Local Authority account for. The department of Environment is largely responsible for maintaining public roads in Northern Ireland. There are […]

Do you own the UK’s best bike? The 2012 Carole Nash and MCN competition starts today. Back by popular demand! Carole Nash and MCN have launched Built in Britain, the UK’s biggest bike competition to find the nation’s best bike. Previously known as Britain’s Got Biking Talent, it attracts thousands of customs, cafe racers, streetfighters and classics […]

It’s national ride to work day, and with all the recent Government talks about loweing Co2 emissions the biking community has been overlooked with an outdated view that motorbikes are both smelly, dirty and bad for the environment – but we all know they’re not! And here is an interesting fact for you… the average […]

There are three categories of motorcycle licence in the UK. These are depicted by the letters P, A1, and A and carry age as well as riding restrictions. Here we explain what these mean. Category P This can be applied for at 16. It entitles riders who have passed their CBT to ride mopeds with […]

Having seen the beautiful new MV Agusta F4RR Corsacorta parked outside the MCN offices, ready to be tested against its key rivals, the class-leading BMW S1000RR and Kawasaki ZX-10R (full test in next week’s MCN, on sale September 7), we were inspired to take a look at the original F4. The spiritual successor to the Ducati […]

The new motorcycle test went live on Monday 27 April 2009. It aims to improve the standard of road safety for motorcycle and moped riders. This user group has been identified as having a high risk of injury or death, this is particularly the case for young and inexperienced riders. DOWNLOAD A LARGER VERSION OF […]

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